Sorry for the hijack, but I'm in the same boat and I've been leaning toward the DPMS SASS, if they are pretty accurate. I've got a 600yd range and would mostly use it for some local competition and maybe an occassional travel to a 1000yd range for stretching out the wings. How accurate are the SASS by DPMS out of the box? I'd probably get it threaded for a suppressor down the road so I figured an 18" barrel would be fine for hunting with a 7-10" suppressor on it for fun.